Kenilworth

Members of the Winnetka-Northfield-Kenilworth League of Women Voters got the same end-of-year message from all three villages’ officials Thursday – that economic initiatives, infrastructure planning and the North Shore constant of storm water control efforts, kept communities hopping in 2018.

Village managers and presidents also warned listeners about municipal pension debt load, urged them to keep civic conversations civil and asked them to help their communities lobby for municipal needs in Springfield and elsewhere.

“Discussions are becoming more civil, and it’s changed the tone of the dialogue. That’s made it easier to have the hard discussions later on,” said Winnetka...

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